Just a note to say my wife and I, along with our church and family
prayer groups are sorry to hear of Paul's
(Harty -Bardolph HS, IL - '61 - of NC)
illness, and are praying for his quick recovery.

As for me, the therapy team and my 8 doctor surgery team are very
satisfied with my improvement thus far.

Please continue sending your prayers my way, because I have no doubt
those prayers are the reason I made it through two amputation surgeries.
My prayers are also with you in order for you to have the strength to
care for Paul while he recovers!

In closing please confer my great appreciation to our Typhoon Family for
the prayers, Get Well Cards, and even a couple old class members' phone
calls!

God bless all of you, and I pray that each of you and your families have
a wonderful New Year.

As my strength improves I will personally respond to all the Get Well
Cards.

The entire St. Louis Cardinals family is deeply
saddened by the passing of Cardinals Hall of
Famer Stan Musial at the age of 92. Musial, who
played his entire 22-year major league career
(1941-63) for the Cardinals, died this evening
at his home in Ladue surrounded by his family.

“We have lost the most beloved member of the
Cardinals family,” said William DeWitt Jr.,
Chairman of the St. Louis Cardinals. “Stan
Musial was the greatest player in Cardinals
history and one of the best players in the
history of baseball.” “The entire Cardinals
organization extends its sincere condolences to
Stan’s family, including his children Richard,
Gerry, Janet and Jean, as well as his eleven
grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren,”
DeWitt said. “We join fans everywhere in
mourning the loss of our dear friend and reflect
on how fortunate we all are to have known ‘Stan
the Man’.”

Musial was the first player in Cardinals history
to have his uniform number retired, and he was a
first-ballot Hall of Fame selection in 1969,
being named on 93 percent of the ballots. At his
retirement ceremony at the end of the 1963
season, Musial was referred to as “baseball’s
perfect warrior, baseball’s perfect knight” by
Commissioner Ford C. Frick. Frick’s words are
inscribed at the base of a bronze statue of
Musial that stands outside Busch Stadium. The
now iconic statute, which sits on Musial Plaza
along Stan Musial Drive, serves as a popular,
almost hallowed, gathering spot for generations
of Cardinals fans.

Please post on the web site that the class of 1963
will be having their 50-year reunion on Oct 4th and Oct 5th, 2013.
The event will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, (formerly
Radisson, Hampton). A website has been set up for our class at www.nnhs1963.com.
The website is updated as new information is available.

Classmates are encouraged to view, rsvp, and add
their profile. All NNHS classes are welcome to view and leave
comments on the guest book, or send emails to those listed.

This vitamin has
no monetary value but it is one that pays back constantly and in many
ways. It is absolutely priceless but necessary to us.

I
loved this and want to share it with you...

Why do I have a variety of friends who are all so different in
character? How can I get along with them all? I think that each one
helps to bring out a "different" part of me.
With one of them I am polite. I joke with another friend. I sit down and
talk about serious matters with one. With another I laugh a lot. I may
have a drink with one. I listen to one friend's problems. Then I listen
to another one's advice for me.

My friends are all like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. When completed, they
form a treasure box. A treasure of friends! They are my friends who
understand me better than myself, who support me through good days and
bad days. We all pray together and for each other.

Real Age doctors tell us that friends are good for our health. Dr. Oz
calls them Vitamins F (for Friends) and counts the benefits of friends
as essential to our well being. Research shows that people in strong
social circles have less risk of depression and terminal strokes. If you
enjoy Vitamins F constantly you can be up to 30 years younger than your
real age. The warmth of friendship stops stress and even in your most
intense moments it decreases the chance of a cardiac arrest or stroke by
50%.
I'm so happy that I have a stock of Vitamins F!

In summary, we should value our friends and keep in touch with them. We
should try to see the funny side of things and laugh together, and pray
for each other in the tough moments.

Kids' Advice on Love and Marriage
HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHOM TO MARRY?
You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like
sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the
chips and dip coming.
* Alan, age 10

No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry.
God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're
stuck with.
* Kirsten, age 10

WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by
then.
* Camille, age 10

No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married.
* Freddie, age 6

HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the
same kids.
* Derrick, age 8

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
Both don't want any more kids.
* Lori, age 8

WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each
other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.
* Lynnette, age 8

On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets
them interested enough to go for a second date.
* Martin, age 10

WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?
I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers
and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns.
* Craig, age 9

WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
When they're rich.
* Pam, age 7

The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with
that.
* Curt, age 7

The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them
and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do.
* Howard, age 8

IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
I don't know which is better, but I'll tell you one thing. I'm never
going to have sex with my wife. I don't want to be all grossed out.
* Theodore, age 8

It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone
to clean up after them.
* Anita, age 9

HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?
*Kelvin, age 8

"And the #1 Favorite is........"

HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck.
*Ricky, age 10

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JUST BE YOU

Be yourself. There is nothing more for you to do than to be the best YOU
that you can be - with no imitation, no pretense, no guilt, no shame.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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A teenager brings her
new boyfriend home to meet her parents. They are appalled by his
haircut, his tattoos, his piercings.

Later, the girl's mom says, "Dear, he doesn't seem to be a very nice
boy."

"Oh, please, Mom!" says the daughter. "If he wasn't nice, would he be
doing 500 hours of community service?"

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Three Silent Monks

Three monks were silently meditating far away from any other people or
any modern conveniences.

After one year of silence, the first monk remarked, "Pretty cold here."

Another year passed in silence and the second monk said, "You know,
you're right!"

A third year went by and the third monk said, "Look, I'll have to find
somewhere else to meditate if you two don't stop complaining!"

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*--------------
Guaranteed to Roll Your Eyes --------------*

As the high school teacher was correcting essays written by her students
she read, "Pedro jumped on his burrow and rode off into the sunset."

She wrote at the bottom of the page, "You obviously have problems with
homonyms. A burrow is a hole in the ground. A burro is an ass. At your
age it's time to learn the difference."

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Quotes

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
- Franz Kafka

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.
- Amelia Barr

See beauty in unexpected places.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

You have a choice about the perspective you take on life. See tragedy,
and the world is tragic - see beauty, and the world is beautiful.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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How I'm Like a Pencil

It occurs to me that I have a lot in common with a pencil. That's right
– a simple and humble little pencil. Not the fancy mechanical kind.
That's too high maintenance for me. And I'm not as showy as a plume pen
or as smooth as a ball point. I don't live in bold strokes like a heavy
marker. But I'm a lot like a pencil. Here's how:

Like a pencil, I have a built-in eraser. I can correct my mistakes. No,
I can't change the past, but I can make it right again. And if I can't
erase history (after all, what's done is done) I can at least erase a
great deal of guilt and anger with forgiveness.

Like a pencil, I do better if I'm sharpened once in a while. My mind and
skills grow dull without occasional honing. Even my spirit and attitudes
need refining if I'm to be at my best. And there is something else, too.
I find that the difficulties of life wear away at me, and they can
either grind me down or shape me into a person who is more capable and
creative. The sharpening I get from living through tough times is often
painful, but I know it can make me a better person.

Pencils work best in a skilled hand. And like a pencil, I can do some
pretty terrific things with a little guidance. Other people bring out
the best in me, and with the help of others, I can do far more than I
ever can alone.

Like a pencil, I should leave my mark whenever possible. I too often
underestimate my influence on another. I have daily opportunities to
leave something good behind. That is what it means to leave my mark. It
may be in small ways, it may be in the lives of people I love, people I
have touched or nurtured, or even in incidental conversations struck
with strangers. But, I have a mark to leave and should use every
opportunity to leave something good behind.

Like a pencil, it is what is on the inside that matters. A pencil
without lead is useless. And a yellow pencil will not do when a black or
red pencil is called for. What is on the inside is all important. My
outer appearance matters less than I probably think, while it's the
stuff on the inside that folks notice about me. Whether it is
understanding or intolerance, love or bitterness, peace or unrest,
kindness or self-centeredness, hope or despair, courage or fear, what is
on the inside matters most.

A pencil works best on paper or canvass. It will never leave its mark on
water and will wear itself down against a mirror. I do best knowing my
strengths and limitations. I can't do everything well and that is okay.
There is still plenty of good to be done by doing what I do best.

And finally, like a pencil, the biggest part of my purpose in this life
can be summed up in three words: to be useful. When I'm too broken to
hold together, when everything is ground away or worn away, when I no
longer have anything to contribute, I know my life is coming to an end.
Like I said, I have a lot in common with a pencil.

"Everybody should pay
their taxes with a smile," said Bob. "I tried it but they wanted cash."

DATES TO REMEMBER:

1.Thursday, February 7, 2013 - The NNHS Class of 1955 holds
Lunch Bunch gatherings on the first Thursday of every month
at Steve & John's Steak House on Jefferson Avenue just above
Denbigh Boulevard in Newport News at 11:00 AM. The luncheon
is not limited to just the Class of '55; if you have friends
in that year, go visit with them.

2.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - The NNHS Class of June 1942
meets at noon on the second Wednesday of every other month
for a Dutch treat lunch at the James River Country Club,
1500 Country Club Road. PLEASE JOIN THEM. Give or take a few
years makes no difference. Good conversation, food and
atmosphere. For details, call Jennings Bryan at 803-7701 for
reservations.

The sun is sinking low in the sky above Ashokan.
The pines and the willows know soon we will part.
There's a whisper in the wind of promises unspoken,
And a love that will always remain in my heart.

My thoughts will return to the sound of your laughter,
The magic of moving as one,
And a time we'll remember long ever after
The moonlight and music and dancing are done.

Will we climb the hills once more?
Will we walk the woods together?
Will I feel you holding me close once again?
Will every song we've sung stay with us forever?
Will you dance in my dreams or my arms until then?

Under the moon the mountains lie sleeping
Over the lake the stars shine.
They wonder if you and I will be keeping
The magic and music, or leave them behind.